And I espouse some views that you yourself just might not hold
 Sometimes I am given pause to think when
 I consider what we could call the Good Life

 When it comes to the city versus the country life
 Well, I must say that I far prefer a farmer?s wife:
 Breakfast with the master in the morning-
 Feel the breeze and brush against a cow's leg, mmm!

 But it seems the thinkers you call
 Greatest are the sort who often fall a
 Ill young, or pine away-
 How can they help but drag the species down?

 There?s some debate about whether instincts should be held in chedc
 Well, I suppose that I'm a liberal in this respect
 I can't say I liked Robinson Crusoe
 But at least he didn't tie his dogs up at night

 But it seems the thinkers you call
 Greatest are the sort who often fall a
 Ill young, or pine away-
 How can they help but drag the species down?

 How come all of your poets fall into despondencies?
 And then write it down for us to read every indignity!
 Not such worthy specimens, these creatures:
 Hardly fit for what you could cal the Good Life

 But it seems the thinkers you call
 Greatest are the sort who often fall a
 Ill young, or pine away-
 How can they help but drag the species down